June 23, 2011

I really hate wanting it to be school in the beginning of summer ("But Tavi, it's almost July!" "SHUT UP NO IT'S NOT I KNOW HOW TO READ AN iCALENDAR") but the suburban high school vibes in Autumn de Wilde's new video for Noah and the Whale are so good! Contrasty blue and red and white and cheerleaders and saddle shoes (Audrey Horne) and knee highs. I know you're supposed to hate high school but to me it's just what you make it and if I can pretend I'm in this or the Virgin Suicides or Freaks and Geeks or something I'LL TAKE IT. (Full disclosure: I have been graced with the good humor and friendliness of Autumn many a time, but if I didn't like the video, I wouldn't post it! So there.)

I picked up on some Blue Velvet vibes.

Then I got some other vibes.

Like Twin Peaks, only less green and brown, so really only the stuff that takes place in the school.

And the Virgin Suicides if it was a little colder, and this cell phone picture from Mobile Art.

SOURCES UNKNOWN! Who are these mystery witchy girls? Can I be their best friends? Would they hate me for posting their pictures on a fashion blog?

Edit: Mystery Witchy Girl #1 (on the left) has spoken! Her name is Heather Lynn and she conveniently linked me to a Facebook album of even more pictures of her as a child and teenager, because there is nothing unshadier than nurturing obsessions with strangers on the internet when they were children. Thank you, Heather Lynn!

And now, for a turn to pastels and ironic internet aesthetics, TEEN WITCH (you love it already) is a magazine started by Zain Curtis for teenagers I'm really excited about and want people to know about because it needs backers and I think it's a really important project. Mister Curtis's tumblr should tell you enough.

TEEN WITCH is a magazine that puts BOP and J-14 through a kaleidoscope, aiming to honor and give praise to the gay and trans youth underground scene. Essentially art-based, TEEN WITCH is inspired by sub-cultures, the Internet, Nickelodeon magazine and childhood nostalgia.

How exciting! If you pledge a little, not only will it be able to bloom and blossom like your favorite Disney stars struggling with coming to terms with their sexuality while in the public eye, but you may get yourself some treats named after said Disney stars! That was a sloppy sentence, so go look at the page for the chart of packages you'll get in exchange for whatever pledge and you'll understand. Go look at the page period! They've already reached their pledge goal but mo money can sometimes be helpful and nice. No matter what Biggie says.

I don't wanna go to school, but I now have pleasure in hot air ballooning! I've never done this before, but this must be so fantastic to float in the clouds. Ha, I listen to the song in an endless loop since Monday. Love Noah and the Whale)))

Thanks for posting this video. The song's great, the visuals are amazing, and I love the subtle but powerful 'do your own thing' vibe. Very inspiring!

The girl in the 3rd last picture looks really cool, and if I was still at school I'd probably want to hang with her. But in reality, the whole passing/surving aspect of school left me with very little time to worry about cool people... Sorry cool people! ;-))

And I'm intrigued by the 4th last picture. I guess there's a kind of school escapy thing going on, but I just like the feel of it, the composition of it, the dynamics (?) of it... Like, if this was a still from a movie, I would want to see the movie - just from this picture and nothing else.

Hello!I really like your blog, it's very inspiring!Maybe you already know this film director,Guy Maddin, but if not, I recommend you watch "Careful" or any other of his movies. I think you're gonna love the colors, the ambient, the stories... a link to a clip of Careful:http://youtu.be/B-_cDuuTYxo

I'm in high school but if that is what high school is like in America then I'm moving right now - in England we call it secondary school and its pretty different to that. I wish school was like that for me, but I suppose the separate cliques like the cheerleaders and jocks and nerds etc would be too much for me! Its very... Cool high school musical ;)

I am the mystery witch girl on the left! I will totally be your best friend, and you can post pictures of me anytime you want. come to chicago and hang out with me and zain. here is a link to a bunch of pictures of me from the late 80's's/early 90's (it's the album called "love and shame"). i wish i'd had friends like you when i was 15, i might have smiled in a picture once in awhile.

My favourite Disney star was Gadget Hackwrench - back then, we did not have cutie virgins with purity rings, fortunately. No problem with freaks, right? And yes, it is odd to wish school back... when I was fifteen, actually my parents needed to take me home a week earlier than the end of the schoolyear, so depressed I was. How happy I am to get rid of school for the rest of my life! It is NOT as cool as it looks like in corny movies! For me, it was not fun. I would have given anything to be home schooled.

These stills and photos are just so perfect. They make me long for one of those "movie" like high school experiences when in reality I hate my school so much. Ahhh. Very dreamy.Www.notimeforchitchat.blogspot.com

I graduated High school in 1999 and I have a album on Facebook with some great photographs of my friends and I sporting our quirky styles: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1334844725660.49706.1067337857&l=a50f5e23d0 enjoy :D lol and as usual I loooove our blog.

haha I was about this post this video on my blog but then I saw you did and your post you have totally out shined me! :) Great post I loove the video it is amazing!! Totally feeling the high school vibes even though I left high school last year!

I only know Highschool and Cheerleading and Sportteams and all this stuff from TV (you know, Glee, Highschool Musical, Twilight, Juno, and so on)... It's quite funny for a non-american. At our school there is no dresscode or schooluniform. I'm glad.Love these pictures.

Red-Blue on summer, so true. as the david lynch's blue velvet...i've admired his works, so creepy-real. As for highschool, since mine didn't had cheerleading, well just considered that as sureal memorial in my place. Tavi, keep it cool, keep it real...xoxoyour avid fan (err...just like tooth fairy/red dragon??)

the only way I stand my extremely EXTREMELY stereotypical suburban city is by pretending that the rich people have secrets (they probably don't) and there is a cult that's actually running the whole place. otherwise I want to crush everyones green lawns and things of the sorts. which makes me sound like one of those teenagers who wears too much eyeliner. which is kind of okay by me.

blue velvet is one of my all time favorite movies. i am a huge david lynch fan, he paints such surreal and dreamlike images of american culture, especially in the suburbs of blue velvet. also in the red/white/blue color scheme throughout the entire movie

have you watched the twin peaks prequel? fire walk with me? I have it but haven't watched it since I finished the series last summer, watched it in it's entirety again this fall and spring. I just feel like if I watch it the whole thing will be over and I'll have separation anxiety. but i wanted to know if you had watched it and if you thought it was good? also! have you seen the Psych episode that is all twin peaks inspired? all of the cast comes back, including audrey, my favorite. I don't watch psych but I watched that and it's amazing! so much twin peaks this probably took the length of the tp intro to read...

nice chain of associations. the music vid is beautifully shot, but could do with some eagerness to experiment, imho. Teen Witch looks nice. for a moment i even thought there was a Trevor Brown work on the denim jacket in the Gaga package.

Love the video but HATE the song! Please don't mention the Virgin Suicides- it's been tormenting me for ages- big Sofia Coppola fan and I have watched the trailer tons of times since the first time I heard about it which I am pretty sure was on your blog, but it hasn't arrived from my online video rental yet!!

loathing high school is so 1982... but seriously, any experience is what you choose to make of it, and it seems as though you are an intuitive, sensitive, independent thinker with a refreshing outlook and unique interests, as well as a laudable maturity, that does not overshadow a goofiness and lust for life. keep it up sister, and enjoy school (as well as the ephemeral weeks of summer!)

Even though I'm no longer in school, I really love that time of year when school begins. I especially love autumn and fall fashion. I love the classic look of plaid and oxfords. So irresistible. Unfortunately, I had to wear a school uniform when I was in school. At least I can indulge in it now.

I also love watching the movie "You've Got Mail." I love the Tom Hanks' quote: "Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly-sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms."

The roses against the fence remind me of the movie pleasantville there are so many images like that in the movie. I loved the post and your blog, you have a talent for finding the most interesting things, it's never dull here.

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